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I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.
I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They read more
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are read more
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.